A dream road-trip turned national nightmare. A missing-person hashtag that seized the world’s feeds. A forensic hunt for truth that exposed the dark engine of domestic abuse.

Vanished — The Shocking Murder of Gabby Petito pulls you inside every mile, message, and misstep that led from #VanLife bliss to an autopsy table in the Tetons. Drawing on police body-cam footage, GPS breadcrumbs, digital forensics and unprecedented social-media crowdsourcing, true-crime author Jack Hunter rebuilds the case hour-by-hour—then asks the hard questions the headlines skipped.

Follow Gabby and Brian from Instagram idyll to the first ominous roadside 911 call, through Moab’s now-infamous body-cam stop and the tense silence that followed .

Watch the multi-agency search fan across Grand Teton, climaxing with the grim discovery that confirmed homicide by strangulation .

See how online sleuths, viral hashtags, and arm-chair geolocators reshaped modern investigations—sometimes helping, sometimes hindering .

Learn the red flags experts now recognize in toxic relationships and how Gabby’s legacy is fueling reforms in domestic-violence response .

Equal parts investigative thriller and urgent call to action, this book doesn’t stop at “what happened.” It spotlights the systemic blind spots that let warning signs slip, and it hands readers practical insights to spot—or survive—similar patterns.

If you devoured I’ll Be Gone in the Dark or American Predator and want a case that also sparks real-world change, click “Buy Now” and uncover the story behind the hashtag that demanded justice—and the lessons that could save lives.

Jack Hunter

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